Figure toy



July 6 1926.

A. O. DINSD ALE FIGURE TOY Filed Oct. 16, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet -1 uvvsw ran A. 0. Dl/Vfr'DAL E July 6 2'15 A. O. DINSDALE FIGURE TOY Filed Oct 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1.! PI I II Patented July 6, 1926.

UNITED STATES ALDICE 0. DINSDALE, or SAN FRANCISCO, cn Iron vIA.

FIGURE TOY.

Application filed October 16, 1922. Serial No. 594,802.

The present invention relates to, improver ments in toys and more particularly to toy figures simulating animals and human beings.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel, inexpensive and simple doll or toy construction by the use of which forms and figures simulating animals and human beings may be made to assume grotesque, life-like and amusing postures, the manner of joining the head with the body portion through the medium of a bendable member which may be made to simulate a tail or a limb, being one of the principal features of the invention.

The invention possesses other advantages and features some of which, with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the following description where I shall outline in full that form of the invention which I have selected for illustration in the drawings accompanying and forming a part of the present specification. In said drawings I have shown one form of the construction of my invention,'but it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to such form since the invention as expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms. 1

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 represents a perspective View of a toy constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the toy shown in a different position and as when adjusted to present a difierent appearance.

Fig. 3 represents a cross sectional view on the line :33 of Fig. 2. s

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the invention as applied to the figure of a stork.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view showing the invention as applied to a goat figure. I

Figs. (Sand 7 relate to modifications of the invention as applied to figures of human belugs.

In carrying out the invention as shown in the accompanying drawings, I provide a toy figure consisting particularly of a body member 1 and a head member 2. In Figs, 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the head and body member are made to simulate the head and body of a eat, but it is to be understood that the said head and body may be made to simulate other living objects, as desired.

Extending through the body 1 is an opening or passage 3 in whicl is longitudinally adj ustably mounted a bendable element 4, to one end of which element the head 2 is at.- tached in any suitable manner}. The element 4 may be of any suitable material such that it may be readily twisted or bent, and will hold the position into which it is bent; or twisted. Preferably I employ an insulated electrical conductor consisting of one or a series of wires, with insulation material thereon. By having-the member 4 ex- 1 tend hr gh he pa ge 3 in the body an comparatively long, it will serve to attach the head to the body and will simulate some moving part of the body of the thing simu; lated, in this instance the tail of the cat. By twisting the portion of the member ,4, simulating the tail, into various positions a grotesque appearance will be given the cat figure and by turning the head member 2 it may he moved into a v e y of pos tions and. will be maintained in such positions ow. ing to the characteristics of the member 4 or wire.

In Fig. 2 the member a is adjusted longitndinally so that the cat appears to have I an exceptionally longneck with a short tail and in Fig. 4, the opposite condition is provid d. With this arrangement it will be seen that an unending varietyof adjusts ments and grotesque posi ions of the head, eck tail members may be had at wili. The head wi h t e member 4 thereon may be readily withdrawn from thebody 1 and heads of different facial characteristics and simulating diiierent animal heads may be monntcdon the body of the cat, and various combinations of animal heads and bodies may thus be made. i

Mounted on the body 1 are fore and hind leg members .5 and 6. The fore leg member comprises a U-sha Jed wire piece, the bight portion 7, of whic is rotatable in a transverse opening 8 extending through the body. The arms of the lJ-shaped member are bent to simulate the fore legs and feet. The hind leg member 7 is of a general U-shape but bent back or doubled as'at 9, so as to simulate the hind legs of an animal and the bight portion of this member 6 is extended through an opening 10in the same manner as'the member 5. By this arrangement it will be seen that the members 5 and 6 may be adjusted into different positions. The leg members provide for standing the cat figure on one or more sets of legs, in'many Ill) dilierent and grotesque positions. \Vhen the portion of the member 4 consisting of the tail is bent annularly with relation to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, said member 4 is held against being accidentally withdrawn from the body 1.

In Fig. 4 of the drawings I have shown my invention carried out in connection with a figure simulating a bird, such as a stork. In this instance the body 11 simulates the bird body and is provided with an opening or passage 12 leading through from the point at which the neck would join the body to the point at which the tail is attached. Through this passage or opening is extended a bendable member 13 of insulated electrical wire, which member is movable freely in said opening and serves to simulate a neck portion and a tail portion. A head 14 simulating a storks head is attached to one end of the bendable member 13. Suitable legs and feet members 15 and 16 are attached to the body member 11. By pulling on the head 14, the member 13 will be adjusted so as to provide a long neck portion and a short tail portion, or upon pulling on the tail portion the opposite conditions will be provided. The member 13 may be bent or twisted so that the head, or tail, or neck may be disposed in various angles and positions.

In Fig. 5, the invention is shown as carried out in connection with other animals, for example, a goat. In this arrangement there is provided a goat body 17 with legs 18 and an opening 19 extending through the body. A bendable member 20 is longitudinally adjustable in said opening 19 and has a head portion 21 secured to one end thereof. The construction and operation of this form of the invention is substantially the same as the form shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3.

In Fig. 6 the invention is embodied in the form of a toy figure simulating a human being, wherein there is provided a body member 22 and a head member 23. Extending through the body member 22 is an opening or passage 24 in which a bendable member 25 is longitudinally adjustably mounted. The member 25 is doubled so as to provide leg portions 26. The head 23 is connected with the member 25 at a point centrally of the ends of said member. By pulling upwardly on the head, the member 25 will be adjusted so that the leg portions thereof will be shortened and a portion of said member between the head and body, the neck portion, will be lengthened. The member 25 is preferably made of insulated electrical wire the same as in the other forms of the invention and is sufliciently flexible to be bent into various positions but has enough rigidity to hold the positions into which it has been moved. A

similar member 26 is longitudinally adjustably mounted in a transverse opening 27 extending through the body. This mem ber 26 simulates arm portions for the ligure and has hand members 28 attached to its outer ends. The leg members have foot members 29 attached to their lower ends. The foot members are constructed so that the figure may be stood up and adjusted to balance in standing position. By the longitudinal adjustment permitted the members 25 and 26, the portions of the toy ligure simulating the limbs and other movable parts of the figure may be moved and twisted into various grotesque positions.

In Fig. 7, I have shown a slightly modified form of the invention as embodied in Fig. 6. In this form the arrangement is applied to a toy figure as shown in Fig. 6, but the limb members are operatively associated. The body 30 in this form is provided with openings 31 corresponding to the openings 24 and 27. A bendable member 32 corresponding to the member 26 is doubled intermediate of its ends and extended upwardly as at 33. A similar bendable member 34 is mounted in the body and provides leg portions 35 corresponding to the leg portions 26. The doubled portions of the members 34 and 32 are joined to one another and attached to the head member 36. When the head member is pulled upwardly or outwardly, the members 32 and 34 are moved so that the legs and arms of the figure are shortened. The members 32 and 34 in being bendable provide for movement of the head into various positions and movement of the arm and leg members likewise. By pulling downwardly on the leg and arm members, the head member will be moved closer to the body and the neck portion shortened.

It will be apparent from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings that many variations in the construction and arrangement of my invention may be resorted to working on the main principle of the invention as regards the movement and adjustment of the bendable member, which member serves as a means for adjustably attaching the head member to the body member and also serving to simulate a limb or tail portion of a living object such as the tail of a bird or animal or the legs or arms of a human being or animal. The bendable member employed for connecting the head with the body is not only bendable, capable or being twisted and shittable longitudinally but is rotatable as well, and for this reason permits of greater range of adjustment of the head and limb portions of the toy.

I claim:

1. A toy figure embodying in its construction a body portion simulating the body of a living creature, a head member simulatmg the head of a living creature and a bendable member extending loosely through and being longitudinally adjustable relative to said body and to which said head member is fastened, said bendable member being sufficiently stiff to retain the form into which it is bent and being related to the body and head so as to simulate a neck portion and also simulating another movable portion of the figure.

2. A toy figure embodying in its construction a body portion simulating the body of a living creature, a head member simulating the head of a living creature and a bendable member extending loosely through and being longitudinally adjustable relative to said body and to which said head member is fastened, said bendable member being related to the body and head so as to simullate a neck portion and a movable portion of the figure, said bendable member being rotatable as well as longitudinally adjustable being sufficiently stiff to maintain the position to which it is moved and the form into which it is bent.

A toy figure embodying in its construction a body portion simulating the body of a living creature, a bendable member extending loosely through and being movable bodily With relation to the body and simulating a neck portion and a movable portion of the figure and a head simulating the head of a living creature to which said bendable member is attached there being an opening extending through the body portion for reception of the bendable member, the portion of the bendable member farthest removed from the head, extending from the body and simulating a movable member of a living creature, said bendable member retaining the position into which it is bodily moved.

4. A toy figure embodying in its construction a body portion simulating the body of a living creature and having openings extendin therethrough, bendable members movable longitudinally in and extending through said openings in said body and simulating limbs, hand and feet elements at tached to the outer extremities of the bendable members and a head member to which mediate portions of said bendable members are fixed, said bendable members being sufficiently stiff and arranged to retain the form into Which they are bent and the position into which they are moved.

5. A toy figure embodying in its construction a body portion simulating the body of a living creature, a head member simulatmg the head of a living creature and a bendable member longitudinally and bodily movably mounted on the body, to which bendable member the head is attached, said member being sufficiently stiff to maintain the form into which it is bent and arranged to maintain the position into which it is bodily moved and having portions thereof capable of extension from the body to simulate eertain movable members of a living creature.

ALDICE O. DINSDALE. 

